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Someone asked me if I write poetry and made me think of the countless hours spent writing on my notebooks a long time ago. Another life and another person – an insecure budding writer that was so afraid, so unsure of her talent, and always thinking she could never measure up to her peers.

So, I want to share what I have written late last year for someone (not my immediate family) who is very dear to us. I hope one day I can tell her this in person and give her the love she so richly deserves.

The Hop and Skip Will Come Later – Vian Wheatley (Oct 2021)

I see your face with that charming smile of yours,

Yet there is a veiled shimmer in your eyes

Such a beautiful face does not deserve a tortured soul.

What lies underneath?

No one will ask – It is just another one of the many they scroll through each day.

The hurt lies underneath that You cloaked in your layers of filter.

You leave breadcrumbs here and there if they care to notice.

a hushed plea for someone to remove the burdens you carry.

I feel your pain and my eyes grow heavy

I want to stand in the gap for you and shed those burning tears that never fell

Because there can be a tomorrow that you richly deserve

– A smile. A gentle kiss.  A tight hug.

You are worth these and much more

no matter if you think differently.

Hope does spring eternal – you just need to hang on to that tiny sliver you have in your hand

Your story will change if you dare to believe

You need to just take that smallest step of courage.

I promise – The hop and the skip will come later.

Today looks so bright people! Were you able to see today’s sunrise? If not, here’s what mine looked like. Look at how the sun is peeking through the pink hues.. How beautiful!

If you woke up feeling discouraged or down, then I want to infect you with this unbridled enthusiasm I am feeling today. This year just feels different for me in a positive light despite what I read or see in the news. So today is a short post – just an encouragement to enjoy your day, try not to worry and feel the sun in your face. If not, remember that our joy always comes in the morning.

2021 is ending with COVID still hanging around us. Yes, it permeates everything around us – every move we make, decisions we make, plans we create. It is our major buzz killer. It may be hard for someone reading this as I am unaware of your loss, so I am not writing this lightly. However, I do want to end this year on a positive note for I am grateful for everything that this year has given me.

I think 2021 was my roller coaster ride which I hate because I think I will die if I ever ride one. So, let us review how my year went. 2021 started with an uphill climb to a promotion, then speedy turns on vacations with family and friends (love, love it so I added some pics I took). A high for me because I love traveling – anywhere, anytime.

Chugging along there was a harrowing twist of pelvic pain that eventually ended with a surgery (and an infection that resulted in another surgery). I was decommissioned for six weeks – longest I have even been out. And before I could breathe, I was on another long uphill climb towards a new business and a new job that came out of nowhere. I was on a free-fall that has given me all the butterflies in my belly.

My free fall drastically ended with COVID the week prior to Christmas week – my symptoms were not as serious because I was vaccinated. My biggest Christmas gift was finally testing negative for COVID on Christmas day. To date – I still have the most awful headache (not migraine) and my taste and smell are not back yet.

So, you see, I want to end this year on a high positive note as COVID will not dampen my spirits. God has been very faithful and has blessed me beyond everything I could ever imagine.

Do not stop me now (sing like Freddy!). I have a lot of things to look forward to in 2022. Yes – I am extremely excited for this new year so much so that I ordered this vision board from Amazon. Don’t you just love it?

It is time for me to visualize my dreams and make a proclamation. I will not hide my shine any longer. It is time to come out and dazzle! How about you? What are you proclaiming for in 2022? Are you ready for this year to be your best year yet? If not, what are you waiting for? Let us stand tall and take that first step towards achieving our dreams.

Happy New Year’s Eve my friends – til my next post!

Today is Snow Day which translates to No School Day. I finally got my snow – woohoo! You would think that someone who grew up in the tropics would hate the cold and snow but I love it! There’s something about snow-covered picturesque landscape that touches my soul. I find beauty in this wintry panorama – until someone starts walking on my perfect snow landscape and the sun turns my white dust to dirty slush

I’m sharing some pictures from today – the first one is the View from our front yard and the next one is to show you how much snow we got today.

I’m waxing poetic here so let me get down to what I promised on my last post. I shared that I wanted to have my own website. So, here I am intentionally ensuring I write and share more of me even if I know that not many people will read what I have to say. I’m doing it to encourage at least one person to believe in his/her dream and to take that single step.

For the past week I have been brainstorming in my head the name of my website and what I would write about. It’s already forming in my mind. I finally had the courage to verbalize to my husband and kids what I have been pondering about. I’m boldly telling them that it is going to happen this year. There were some promising names but mostly the name suggestions were downright hilarious and will not pass as website names. What joy it has given me just by sharing with them one of my dreams. I love how they support me.

I know it will happen sooner than I think is possible. What about you? I encourage you to take this journey with me. We will figure d a lot of treasures along the way. I leave you with this in mind. Believe it can happen to you as well.

I’m having a late start but I will eventually get there. Two days ago I encouraged you to believe in your dreams and that it is possible for things to happen whatever stage you are in right now or how old you are.

So let me boost you up by sharing this picture.

We gotta hustle friends! It starts with faith and belief that it can happen to you. Next is the courage to take that small step however daunting your goal seems like. As you move forward, your confidence will slowly rise from within and you’ll be amazed at what you can do. There will be some ups and downs along the way but don’t lose your determination and your grip on the goals and dreams you have set. You can do more than what you think you are capable of.

If you need an accountability partner or someone to boost you up, let me know. We are in this together. We are going to scale our mountains and conquer the summit.

Next post I will share what I have been doing to follow my dreams. I am also slowly stepping out in faith. For now I just want to enjoy my day off with the family.